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Not planning to become full-time director: Boman Irani
Updated on: 13 April, 2016 12:00 PM IST |
Actor Boman Irani, who recently announced that he intends to become a director, says that he has no plans of becoming of a full-time director, but owes it to himself to direct at least one film.
"For the last 12 years, I have been doing Hindi films and have been enjoying the process, and now with the culmination of understanding the performance, the technique, and scripts, that&39;s direction the next natural progression.
"But I&39;m not planning to become a full time director for sure, but in this lifetime I think I owe it to myself, to make one film at least, and then we&39;ll see, it may not be the greatest film in the world, but the attempt will be to make a good film," said Boman, in a press meet as part of the promotions of his next film "Santa Banta Pvt. Ltd".
Boman also said that he couldn&39;t elaborate much on his directorial plans, since he didn&39;t have anything concrete right now. He had previously said that he specifically intends to direct a human drama.
"Before I became an actor, way back in my school days, I always saw myself as a director, I tried to study scripts, I tried to understand the making procedure, what a director is all about. I was a great fan of many great directors, more than the great actors, as much as I used to follow their work as a youngster, when I was 17 or 18, I was an avid follower of certain directors."
Boman, who entered the film industry well in the 40s, had started out as a waiter and was a shopkeeper. But then taking up photography on a professional level, turned out to be a crucial decision in his life.
"When I became a photographer, I realised that maybe I&39;m in the creative field again, understanding photography is also a part of the training, whether you want to be a director or actor. I did that for 14 years, and in that process I also started doing theatre, as a reluctant actor, my play started doing well and the natural progression is that I started getting films offers," he said.
Boman will also be seen in the popular franchise "Housefull 3".
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